Oct. 18-20: Speakers consider negative ads, water, carbon tax

smear-campaignPULLMAN, Wash. – Negative campaigning, climate change and Washington’s carbon tax voter initiative are the topics of free, public presentations hosted by the Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service next at Washington State University.

Negative Campaigning in the U.S. and beyond will be discussed at noon Tuesday, Oct. 18, in Bryan Hall 308 as part of the Foley coffee and politics series. Pizza and soda will be served.

Speaker Annemarie Wolter, a research fellow at the University of Nottingham, England, will talk about the effects of negative ads on voter turnout and disillusionment.

The effects of population growth, energy demand and climate change on dams and water issues will be presented at noon Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Bryan Hall 308 as part of the Foley coffee and politics series. Pizza and pop will be served.

Speaker Edward P. Weber is the Ulysses Dubach Professor of Political Science at Oregon State University.

A panel discussion of the proposed state carbon tax will be 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the CUB auditorium at WSU Pullman and 7-8:30 p.m. in the Walgreens Auditorium, SPBS 101, at WSU Spokane.

The panel will present cases for and against the Washington Carbon Emission Tax and Sales Tax Reduction Initiative that will appear on the ballot in November.

Panelists are: Yoram Bauman, economist and founder of Yes on I-732; Sen. Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale), chair of the senate energy, environment and telecommunications committee; and Jeff Johnson, president of the state Labor Council and a representative of the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy.

 

Next Story

Recent News

WSU joins the College Cost Transparency Initiative

Washington State University is working alongside hundreds of institutions of higher education to make the cost of college clearer for prospective students.

Computer science project has students singing a new tune

A WSU student team developed an India raga music app for a startup company as part of a senior program that has students work on projects for real-world clients.

SURCA 2024 applications open to WSU undergraduates through Feb. 20

Students can submit abstracts to present their mentored research, scholarship, and creative activity for the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities this spring.

IRS special agents lead accounting exercise

Known as the IRS Citizens Academy, it is intended to showcase potential career pathways for accounting students within the agency’s enforcement arm.